PHILADELPHIA — Hello from Citizens Bank Park, where it's been raining on and off. The forecast shows a potential window of clearing around the time of tonight's game, but tomorrow doesn't look good at all. We'll just have to wait and see how this goes.

If and when tonight's game is played, John Lannan will be on the mound for the Nationals. And Hunter Wendelstedt will be calling balls and strikes behind the plate. Why is that significant? Because, you may recall, Wendelstedt was the plate umpire right here on July 26, 2007, when Lannan made his big-league debut … and was ejected after plunking Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in succession. (Lannan was in no way intentionally throwing at either guy. He was a 22-year-old rookie scared out of his mind. Wendelstedt didn't see it that way.)

The best news of the day for the Nationals is that Michael Morse is back in the lineup after missing last night's game, still feeling the effects of getting hit in the left elbow by a pitch Thursday in Chicago.

Plenty of updates (both game-related and weather-related) to come live from the ballpark, so be sure to check back often…

Oh, geez. Not Wendelstedt again. If memory serves, Acta also got ejected and spent the rest of the game with the kid in the clubhouse.Good news about Morse. Go, LannEn! Go, NATS!! Go (away), Wendelstedt! (Just kidding on the last part. Golly, Mr. W., you're my very most favorite ump of all. Really. I like you even more than Joe West. Or Angel Hernandez even. ;-))

If CMW does get rained out tomorrow that might be good – look what happened the last time! At least they are very close to home now. The Phils do have an off day on Monday, though. They also just had one on Thursday – like they need any help.

While we are waiting to see if there is a game today, here's a reminder that the Nats still have $2 tickets available for Tuesday's game against the Reds. They usually sell those tickets out, but the Web site still lists them. http://www.nationals.com/specialsI hope to see some Insiders there!

If the game is played, will Jags be with FP again? I really like that combination!Great news about Morse! Glad he's a quick healer. And a tough Beast to boot!Why, oh why do the Nats get saddled with crappy umpires most of the time?GYFNG!!!

last night's stats – 108 comments, less 15 made before the game is 93, and 20 of them about dave vs carp. and i think the only people who don't want dave on tv are the ones who would miss him on the radio with charlie.wonder if carp reads this bloggyfng – if it stops raining.

Seems like it might make sense for Strasburg to do the side session at Nats Park either way. With his next start likely to be at Hagerstown, it's not like they're really looking to get him adjusted to the atmosphere at Pfitzner Stadium. Plus, the facilities in Woodbridge aren't that very good.So while it might not bring any extra benefits, it couldn't hurt to have him do a little work in surroundings at Nats Park. At the very least, Nats Park has better training facilities to use while he's there.

Strike 1 is what makes or breaks LannEn. He's been robbed 4 times on strike 1 this inning alone. Add that to the shoddy defense and we're screwed.The bats have to get going right now. Oswalt is totally hitable.

Anon: It's Todd Kalas, currently a Rays broadcaster and also the son of late Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas. He's in town for the statue dedication for his father, and since he used to work with Charlie Slowes in Tampa, he's helping out tonight and tomorrow.

Like the guy with Charlie. It's nice he's following in his father's footsteps. I loved Ryan Howard's face on that play. Almost worth what came next. But not quite. I hope LannEn is okay and not hurt from the fall.

Apparently the word is out: Sunshine Bobby's days are numbered. I'm hardly a fan of SB. But this open mike tryout is kinda demeaning, even to this shill. The guy is a pro, after all. Too bad AK got Pattersoned this week in Cleveland. Or else we would have gotten to hear this eternal optimistic message one more time:"GOOD TAKE BY AUSTIN!!!!!!"

Neighbor stopped by and I obviously missed some stuff. But – did I hear the announcers say that only 1 of those eight runs was earned? Can that be right? I saw Danny make an error – didn't realize there had been 3. Looks like Colin did ok and HRod is the good HRod tonight. Even though it's really a shame that Lannan had a tough outing, it's probably good for the future to see Balester get some innings. So, tomorrow – Doc or Rain?

I don't know about seven unearned runs. I know first two were unearned and victorino's run too, but after that it was pretty much Lannan to blame, or not?Nothing is sharp in this game. I don't know how we beat Hamels last night and how we going to beat Roy tomorrow. But I will be here anyway.

All the TV guys get days off, and I'm sure we shouldn't read anything at all into the Dave-for-Bob swap. To my knowledge Bob hasn't been let go, just not yet renewed. That said, Dave Jags and FP are a treat to listen to tonight. Much more relaxed and fun that last night.

Bottom line— this is Dave Jagler's first shot at doing TV play by play and he's way better than Carpenter. If he's not doing the TV play by play next year for the Nats, I think all of us will be very disappointed.

Aww – go easy on Carp – he's a good guy and he really paid his dues working with crazy-man dibble. FP is good and they have worked well together. I am kind of getting tired of Ray Knight, though, but at least it's only pre and post game so it's avoidable. One thing I have liked about fp is that he is younger and has been in the game more recently. All the other 3 ( Carp, Knight, Holliday) are old. When I look in the stands, I definitely see a lot of younger fans – I think masn should try to appeal more to them with someone a little less gray.

Well the error train goes rolling merrily along ……why can this team not have ALL the players focused at the same time on both hitting and catching the ball …the death of the contact pitcher is walks and errors and in that tonight LannEn excelled….. well here is hoping they can look like a pro team tomorrow …….or the whole series is just going to be A BIT OUTSIDE

Wish I could say that we took a good old fashioned Philly drubbing tonight – but I can't. We just beat ourselves. Now- tomorrow – Halladay. I'm trying to be philosophical, though. I seriously think that everything that happens to these guys, especially the young ones, is going to season them for the future and teach them the hard lessons. Last night was a good night for the franchise in general, tonight, not so much – but I think patience is the key. I see lots of good things with this team – just not today.

Ooof.In other news, we just watched Major League, having been reminded of it's 25th anniversary. It was still funny. Unlike this game.There's always Monday (since it sure doesn't sound like they will get the game in tomorrow).And sheesh. The capcha? Warwhomp.

Twenty-four of the top 34 picks are still unsigned with less than 50 hours to go.Boras has five of the unsigned 24, including the Nats' top three picks — Rendon, Meyer and Goodwin.It's going to be a long two days.

I'm feeling a little bad about Mark having to recap this game, while I watch The Franchise. Natsfan1a, you are following it, aren't you? I didn't even know him but i think about your Giants- loving brother during the show.

Phil dunne said:Bottom line— this is Dave Jagler's first shot at doing TV play by play and he's way better than Carpenter. If he's not doing the TV play by play next year for the Nats, I think all of us will be very disappointed………………I will be enormously disappointed, if Dave isn't on my radio, with Charlie, next year. Sheesh, you can listen to music, if you have the game on TV. A great radio team, is Magic…

OK, we got all the screw-ups out of the way tonight. Tomorrow (or whenever) we beat Halladay and the Phillies!Re the announcers, I would rather Dave remained on the radio with Charlie. Don't want to see a good thing go bad there. I think Bob Carpenter is perfectly ok and I really enjoy FP now.

"…and i think the only people who don't want dave on tv are the ones who would miss him on the radio with charlie."…aaaand that would be me. It will kill me to see (hear?) Dave and Charlie broken up. =(

Charlie and Dave are indeed great together. But they're great individually too. Which means it's only a matter of time until one of them moves on to bigger and better things – most likely Dave, since he's the younger one/second fiddle. Might as well have him move up to the Nationals TV booth rather than off to some other team. Also, of the current four radio/TV guys, he's the only one who lives here year-round. It would be a good thing to have the lead TV broadcaster maintaining an offseason local presence.

remember, the great Ray Scott did some Senator games with Warner Wolf on TV back in 70/71Lead in song was Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4". Wolf used to live in apartment near my house when he was first getting started. Yep, I remember.